The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marty Matthys & Thomas Aerts finished 909th of 1,164 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:21:08.
A station race more than a running one: 65% of the field beaten on the stations, against 16% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:35, behind 91% of the field.
Gent gave the field time back: about 0:44 faster than the average race this season, by 874 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:51Running 1 4:53v median −0:11
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 4:42v median +0:01
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Block 03 8:49Running 3 6:10v median +1:07
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Block 04 9:41Running 4 6:10v median +1:06
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 6:27v median +1:16
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:59v median +0:54
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Block 07 9:18Running 7 6:18v median +1:15
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Block 08 10:45Running 8 6:28v median +1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1156
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,156 men's teams who finished.